August is likely to see a new monthly record for retail container imports, with 2021 doing the same. However, ongoing supply chain dislocation clouds how quickly consumers will be able to get their hands on the goods.
Bipartisan bill in Congress makes reforms to U.S. shipping regulations for the first time since 1998.
A U.S. aviation services company called ATSG has lots of Boeing 767s in its freighter fleet. Now it wants to convert large Airbus passenger planes and lease them out.
Canada Border Service Agency employees have ended a day-long work-to-rule strike after reaching a tentative agreement with the Canadian government.
Response vessels continue to recover oil while shoreline teams continue to mitigate impacts.
Maersk results offer more evidence that capacity constraints and U.S. — not worldwide — demand drive rates.
With the acquisition of Visible SCM, Maersk customers can now reach 75% of the U.S. D2C market within 24 hours.
Air Transport Services Group is like a Swiss Army knife. It flies cargo and passenger planes for other airlines, leases aircraft, does aircraft maintenance and freighter conversions, and provides ground handling. It’s all clicking for the bottom line.
Atlas Air is keeping eight jumbo jets by buying them from leasing companies. It doesn’t want to turn them in because it would have fewer assets available to meet customer demand.
A U.S. manufacturer defends its complaint filed against container ship giant MSC with the Federal Maritime Commission despite the carrier’s denial of contract violations.
“Be careful what you wish for,” warns industry expert Lars Jensen of proposals to rein in container shipping’s boom.
Lawmakers use Trump-era reforms in the infrastructure bill to attract Republican support.
The union representing nearly 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency personnel warns of slowdowns at Canada’s ports of entry starting Friday as it issues a strike notice.
DHL Express has joined UPS in placing orders for all-electric cargo aircraft.
Los Angeles’ port boss speaks to American Shipper about congestion challenges — and potential release valves.
In this exclusive Q&A, Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel Maffei notes that “the supply chain is overheated. It’s like we are going from nine lanes to four lanes and then squeezing more traffic into them.”
Texas ports like Freeport have embarked on major expansion projects to handle larger ships.
Cargo is becoming a sexier line of business for passenger carriers.
Container giant earned $5.1 billion in the second quarter and expects earnings of $18 billion-$19.5 billion for the year.
U.S. inventory-to-sales ratio still historically low as key import source — China — faces growing delta variant risk.
